Safety Tips

Gun Safety

1. Young children cannot tell the difference between real guns and toy guns; they do not understand the deadly consequences.

2. Even most 3-year olds have the strength to pull the trigger of a handgun.

3. Firearms are the most frequent suicide method used by depressed teens, and 78% of all firearm suicide attempts are fatal.

4. One in four homes in America contains at least 1 handgun.
So if your child plays at a friend's house, please, find out if the friend's parents have a handgun.

Safety in Hunting

1. Be sure gun and ammunition are in good condition.
2. Make sure the piece you look through (sight in) is set in the right way.
3. Become a good shot before hunting.
4. Treat EVERY gun as if it WERE loaded.
5. Always point the muzzle in a safe direction.
6. Be sure you KNOW what you are aiming at.
7. Keep your finger AWAY from the trigger until you are ready.
8. Practice SELF-CONTROL.
9. UNLOAD any gun when not in use.
10. Store guns, LOCKED & UNLOADED>
11. Follow any rules of safe hunting that you were told by an adult or a game warden.
12. Learn to identify game.
13. Know and follow the game laws.
14. Never carry a gun when you are mad.
15. Be courteous and insist that people that you hunt with practice safety.

For more information contact:
Cease Fire
P.O.Box 33423
washington, D.C. 20033
E-Mail:
info@ceasefire.org
valmquist@nachri.org

Softball Safety

Many injuries can be avoided with better training, instruction, conditioning and safety equipment. Players should learn the basics early.

1. Player's protective equipment must fit and be worn correctly.

2. Players should wear a helmet when batting, waiting to bat, and running bases.

3. Facial protection devices on batting helmets help prevent serious facial injury.

4. The catcher must always use a catcher's mitt, plus extensive face and body protection.

5. Avoid shoes with steel spikes.
Players shouldwear molded, cleated baseball shoes.

6. The field area should be routinely inspected for holes and debris.

Heart Attack Alert

In a heart attack, pain may range from a feeling of slight pressure in the chest to a crushing sensation.
Act Promptly if you have these symptoms:

1. Pain that lasts for hours.

2. Pain does not respond to rest, or the use of nitroglycerin.

3. The face turns ashen gray, and a cold sweat appears.

4. Retching, belching, or vomiting may occur, which can easily be confused with an attack of indegestion.

5. Pain responds only to a narcotic drug.

Chest pain may be due to a number of different causes, some of a minor nature, such as gum chewing, drinking too much carbonated water, and excessive smoking. Chest pain may be caused by such conditions as bruised or fractured ribs or angina pectoris. Angina is similar to a heart attack in that it usually comes on with exertion, but the type, extent, and duration of pain are quite dissimilar.

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